whats your favorite chess tactic

Draw by repetition.

favorite tactic is the classic sacrifice on h7 (of the bishop)...aka the greek gift

also good is the windmill but it is rare- don't want to explain it too much but it's basically a rook moving along opponents 7th rank to give discovered check by queen/bishop. The rook captures a piece on the 7th rank and then moves back to force the same type of position and repeat the process...you can clear the whole 7th rank.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Torre_Repetto

Originally posted by hypermo2001
favorite tactic is the classic sacrifice on f7 (of the bishop)...aka the greek gift

also good is the windmill but it is rare- don't want to explain it too much but it's basically a rook moving along opponents 7th rank to give discovered check by queen/bishop. The rook captures a piece on the 7th rank and then moves back to force the same type of position and repeat the process...you can clear the whole 7th rank.

Originally posted by Bedlam
The greek gift is the sacrifice of the bishop on h7......

Originally posted by hypermo2001
yes...typo

thx

Originally posted by kmac27
whats your favorite chess tactic? forks skewers pins or double threat? stalling games is not a tactic its just cheap. my favorite is the double threat so many times has a 1700 player pulled off a double threat on me forcing mate or a loss of matieral. But now that i finally understand how to do it i find it a very fun tactic to use

Favourite tactic? Probably a double threat or a Knight fork.

A-Any tactic that allows me to beat my opponents heavy pieces with a few unstoppable pawns 😀
B-Any tactic that allows me to mate with the combined force of a few minor pieces 🙂
Don't give a rat's ass wether it starts with a fork,skewer,discovered or what not.

what are windmills? ive heard of it but i dont know what it is.

It's basically using a rook with discovered check to clear a lot of your opponent's army.

Originally posted by Shinidoki
I don't care much for sacs, (I generally don't like the 'risk' involved) and so, I actually prefer just to play slowly, close the position then squeeze the life out of them, let them do the sacs!

Of course if chess were that simple ^^ i'd win every game.

[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round ...[text shortened]... ou have it, my favorite tactic is a very slow and sluggish onslaught.

X-ray attacks. Chess = Pac-Man.

Originally posted by tomtom232
If a sac leads to winning more material than you lost or if it ends in mate then there is no "risk" about it.

I like denying my opponent castling rights. I don't think this is a tactic, but it certainly makes me feel superior!

Originally posted by Shinidoki
if a "sac" gives you more material then you parted with then the term "sacrifice" is a complete oxymoron....


I refer to the slightly more duboius sac which lead to non-forced sequences, which can certainly be full of risk.